I had been an official demon hunter for almost seven years. Incredibly rare for one of us to start their career with the Office of Supernatural and Human Affairs' after they were a teenager. It demonstrated the success that the love of a mother can achieve. She kept me ignorant of what I really was, while keeping a physically demanding schedule for me no mat...
Smiling with utmost satisfaction, I licked my lips, tasting the last droplets of Esther Rosenberg's blood before dropping her corpse unceremoniously on the ground. At last, the Huntress is no more. And vampires and Hunters far and wide will know that I, Hanna Ismail is the one who brought her down. I looked at Esther Rosenberg one last time before disposing...
If you think you have a complicated life, you should really walk a mile in my shoes. A lot of people say that. I actually mean it. My name is Ramon Hamilton Costa. I was born in the City of Los Angeles, California. The son of a Spanish immigrant father and African-American mother. My father Ernesto Costa died shortly before my birth, leaving my mother Theres...
Author's Note I'm posting this prologue as a guide for readers new to primarily my older work. It's a pretty big ask to expect readers to go back and read a novel to understand a lot of story, lore, characters and details. I hope this helps to set the stage. A special thank you to Pope1944 for reading and editing, as well as encouraging this prologue. I wi...
The Haunting -- of the Daughter by the Mother Released in 1963, the original version of The Haunting lives up to its name. Directed by Robert Wise, the black and white film opens with a shot of a large old mansion in shadow. A narrator tells the audience, "Hill House had stood for ninety years and might stand for ninety more . . . Whatever walked there, wal...
Once long ago our world was full of magic, the lands where full of magic and world but also fraught with great dangers. As time went on humanity proved itself the dominant race and with the help of various Gods drove the other races into hiding or into separate realms of existence, yet mankind also forgot many of these Gods causing them to fade from mortal m...
The latest Fully Immersive Virtual Reality MMORPG is here! World of Heroes Online is a game that allows people to enter a superhero world with magic and mutations, with a completely player-driven environment the game's background and lore are determined by the players. It's a fantastic idea, but it's open to a lot of abuse as players are free to act however...
Sometimes, I honestly truly hate being human. Seriously. Humans are the most bigoted creatures in the universe, and if I sound like someone who would know, it's because I do. I have mixed parentage, meaning that I am half mortal and half other. The Others are here, and they've always lived amongst you. Vampires, Werewolves, Demons, and all kinds of Supernatu...
Prologue "Hello this is Madame Elizabeth's office, Secretary Joan Hemming speaking." My response to the call automatic although this wasn't my usual position I was well rehearsed. Since I had moved to the city I had been working in the financial section of Heathrowe Inc. a wealthy supernatural corporation which ran most of post war Chicago. The shrill ring...
Beneath its veneer of intellectualism, liberalism and cosmopolitan outlook, Boston is a place teeming with Supernatural elements, so you'd think a Wolf-Woman like myself would feel right at home. The Supernatural mixes with the mundane quite beautifully. Ordinary people would be quite surprised to find out that members of the Blue Man Group are not what they...